Date: Wednesday, October 03, 2007
By: Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
"One veteran teacher has been suspended and the future of three first-year teachers at Grambling University’s laboratory school is in question as university officials investigate an incident in which a noose was placed around a kindergarten student’s neck as part of an impromptu lesson on racism.
According to the university, the teachers said the children in a combined kindergarten-first grade class at Alma J. Brown Elementary School on the Grambling campus were asking questions about the Jena Six case in Louisiana, in which six black high school students were accused of attacking a white classmate after a series of skirmishes that began after a group of white students hung nooses from a tree on the campus.
Grambling President Horace Judson told CNN Tuesday morning that the instructors decided on the spur of the moment that the case presented a “teachable moment” and at recess put together an impromptu lesson about “non-violent demonstrations to challenge racism” as part of a mock rally.
The incident took place on Sept. 20, the same day that thousands of protesters rallied in Jena to challenge the arrests on adult charges of the six black students."
Ummm...I don't know how I feel about this story so I reserve comment.
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